Busy, Busy

Well the past few weeks have really kept us busy. Aidan has always wanted to perform ever since he was a baby. He loves music and singing. Ever since he started talking, we would ask him, "what do you want to be when you grow up?" His answer has always been, "a singer". It wasn't until his psoriasis worsened that I started to worry, how will handle rejection. Of course all of the singers and famous people we know, all have the "perfect" look. Aidan, doesn't seem to mind and is actually really confident when performing. I realized that in just the past couple of weeks.

Recently in an attempt to foster his love of music, he was enrolled in guitar lessons. He has been asking to learn to play the guitar for quite sometime now. Finally I found a place for him to take lessons. He started lessons back in November, so he's only been playing for about 4 months now. Well the first weekend in February, his music school held a recital. The students all got to go up on stage and perform what they had been working on. It was a family affair and everyone was there. My aunt even came to see him perform. At first we were all very nervous for him and thought he would get nervous to perform in front of everyone. Aidan came out got ready and rocked the place. He had everyone dancing and clapping in thier seats! We were all so proud of him and there were even tears of joy. Nobody even seemed to notice that he was experiencing a sight flare up. After his perfomance, I asked him, "were you nervous going up there to do that?" He said, "nope, not at all."

The following weekend his school hosted a talent show. I had asked Aidan if he wanted to participate and right away he said YES! So I signed him up and he rehearsed his little heart out right up to the day of the performance. Again there were a lot of people, and even though his skin was in a mid stage (between being healed and flared up), he was confident going on stage. He went up there, introduced himself and sung his little heart out. Again he had people clapping and dancing in thier seats! Even after his performance he had people coming up to him telling him what a wonderful job he had done.

Aidan had also recently auditioned for a baseball commercial. The same weekend of his talent show, I got a phone call. Aidan landed the part in the commercial!! We were all so excited but at the same time I was nervous for him. I started thinking OMG what if he has a breakout and flares up? Well I started taking extra precautions and REALLY paying attention to what he was eating, giving him oatmeal baths etc. Well needless to say it payed off. He looked great and did an awesome job.

Although Aidan has hard days  dealing with his psoriasis, I think there are many days when he has "succesful" days and lives life as a "normal" child. These are the times that I try to help Aidan to understand that these are the days that count. Everyone has good and bad days, but when you are living with a visible ailment, it can really make life a little bit harder especially for a child trying to understand why sometimes people don't see him as a "normal" child.